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Identity

• °1962, Hasselt 

• Member of the Brussels Bar since 1987

• Founding partner of the law firm EMPIRE LAW FIRM

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Education

University: Law Degree at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1986

• Section financial and economic law

• Optional subjects: commercial law, business law, insurance law, comparative commercial law 

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Special degrees

• Special Degree in company and commercial law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1989

• Certificate of study of the legal system of the U.S.A at the University of Georgia (USA), 1993

• Certificate of Mediation in Business Law at the Brussels Business Mediation Center (BBMC), 2000

• Certificate in Telecommunication at the University of Ghent (RUG), 2001

• Certificate of procedure before the Supreme Court in criminal Law, Flemish Bar Association, 2016

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Conferences

• Speaker at the conference on “State Contract Works”, Institute for International Research (I.I.R.), 1997, “How do you respond to a public appeal for State Contract Works and how do you follow up your file in order to increase your chances?”.

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Publications

• "Bankruptcy Law and the Rights of Defence", Editions VUB, 1989, 98 p.

• "Realizing the European Community Common Market by Unifying Intellectual Property Law: Deadline 1992" in Brigham Young University Law Review, symposium Europe 1992, volume n°4, p.1605-1629, Ed. J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, USA.

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Experience

• Commercial law, distribution law, contract law

• Company law, mergers and acquisitions

• Communication Technology law

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Languages
Dutch, French, English, German

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